PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Franco Micheli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coaker Kluge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coaker Kluge has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Franco Micheli's chin.

Micheli
vs
Kluge

191 cm
27
192 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
194 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franco Micheli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Coaker Kluge!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kluge circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kluge avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Micheli slips a jab from Kluge.
Micheli walks into a jab.

It looks like Franco Micheli has been cut.
Micheli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Micheli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kluge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Micheli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Micheli closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Micheli misses with a knee strike.
Kluge swings wildly with an uppercut but Micheli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kluge wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kluge's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kluge is trying to break free.
Micheli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kluge wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Micheli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kluge wants to get back to striking at distance but Micheli won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Micheli.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kluge is trying to maintain a safe position but Micheli gets an underhook and turns Kluge into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Micheli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kluge wants to break the clinch but can't.
Micheli throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Micheli.
Micheli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kluge is looking to break free of the clinch but Micheli has double underhooks.
Kluge wants to get back to striking at distance but Micheli won't allow it.
Kluge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kluge is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Micheli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kluge is trying to push Micheli away but Micheli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Micheli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kluge blocks it with crossed arms.
Micheli throws an elbow that misses.
Micheli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kluge blocks it with crossed arms.
Micheli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Micheli missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micheli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Micheli blocking some punches.
Kluge on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Micheli lands an elbow inside.
Kluge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Micheli has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kluge.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kluge has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kluge wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Micheli has him pressed against the cage.
Micheli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kluge is trying to break the clinch but Micheli is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Kluge fails to land.
Kluge avoids a wild elbow strike from Micheli.
Micheli has Kluge pressed against the cage, preventing Kluge from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Micheli tries to land a knee to the head but Kluge blocks with his arms.
Micheli trying to land knees to the body.
Kluge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kluge tries to break free but Micheli pushes him back against the cage.
Micheli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Micheli has Kluge pressed against the cage, preventing Kluge from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kluge breaks from the clinch.
Kluge throws a series of punches but Micheli moves out of range.
Micheli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kluge.

Micheli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kluge being controlled against the cage.
Kluge avoiding damage as Micheli throws knees to the body.
Kluge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kluge tries a body shot but Micheli blocks it.
Micheli tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Micheli.
Kluge wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kluge has had enough of the clinch but Micheli keeps him there for the moment.
Micheli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Micheli lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Micheli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kluge blocks it with crossed arms.
Micheli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kluge is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Micheli lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Micheli lands a good knee to the midsection. Kluge won't want to take too many of those.
Micheli stalling in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Micheli.
Micheli with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kluge lands with a light punch inside.
Kluge takes an elbow to the forehead.

Kluge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Micheli tries to clinch up.
Good standup being displayed there by Kluge as he connects with a hook.
Kluge just misses with a punch to the body.
Kluge connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Micheli tries to close the distance and clinch but Kluge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kluge tries to bum rush Micheli with a series of wild strikes but Micheli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Micheli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kluge throws out the jab.
Micheli avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Franco Micheli will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Franco Micheli's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A punch lands to the side of Micheli 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kluge throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Micheli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kluge fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kluge cracks a nice hook into Micheli's ribs.
Micheli fails with an attempt to clinch.
A cross from Kluge lands.

Micheli is rocked!
Kluge throws a jab when Micheli was well out of range.
Oh Micheli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kluge misses with a looping right.
A big right from Kluge misses.
Micheli slips under a jab from Kluge.
Kluge catches Micheli with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Micheli forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Coaker Kluge!